So my question is, is the narrator speaking Korean?posted by Houstonian at 6:08 AM on March 13, 2013

A native Korean speaker assures me that this translation is inaccurate and greatly exaggerated for comedic effect. (Maybe this doesn't need to be said, but it does seem to play into the "North Korea is wacky and insane" American perception.)posted by deathpanels at 6:09 AM on March 13, 2013 [5 favorites]

I have to admit, my thought on watching this was not, "Ha ha, those wacky North Koreans telling their people that everyone in America lives in tents!" It was, rather, "... You know, the number of people in the U.S. who *do* live on the street in freezing weather is a disgrace and a tragedy."posted by kyrademon at 6:34 AM on March 13, 2013 [20 favorites]

I always savor my morning cup of espressnow, knowing it may be my last.

These telephones no longer work
Also, I've never seen that model of payphone in this country. These days, it's rare to even see a phone in the booth, most of them have been ripped from the wall and/or sucked into some kind of post-DTMF vortex.posted by obscurator at 7:15 AM on March 13, 2013

Most of the shots were very obviously not from the US. I assumed this is why the translated narrator made the comment about "America... looks exactly like some parts of Europe." The architecture and cars suggest Eastern Europe. Also a pack of lies, railway stations. As in, the very existence of them. There's more snow coffee than serious rail travel.posted by sonika at 7:18 AM on March 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

We ran outta coffee here at chez flapjax just this morning. I said to the wife "snow coffee?" She said "yup, snow coffee left. You want tea?"posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:38 AM on March 13, 2013 [5 favorites]

I have eaten the birds
that were in the tree
And which you were probably saving
for Tuesday.
Forgive me.
They were delicious. So savory
and so warm.posted by Splunge at 7:48 AM on March 13, 2013 [15 favorites]

This is hilarious. Graham Fellows at his finest.posted by Jehan at 8:00 AM on March 13, 2013

I don't know if I'd call it "propaganda." I imagine this came about in the spirit of, hey, a weird North Korean film about poverty in the U.S. – wouldn't it be fun to overdub this with crazy translations poking fun at how North Korea's propaganda machine?posted by deathpanels at 11:50 AM on March 13, 2013

[Swapped the link, carry on with your snow coffee and gun buying.]posted by cortex at 1:21 PM on March 13, 2013 [2 favorites]

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